Big screen favourite Bill Nighy, 66, and Harry Potter star Michael Gambon, 75, could also be in line for top roles.

Seven gang members have so far been found guilty of breaking into the Hatton Garden Safety Deposit vault in London over the Easter weekend last year and stealing jewellery, gold, high-end watches and cash.

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Favourite: Fans are demanding Sir Michael Caine play the leader of the gang

The daring caper, which took three years to plan, could provide the perfect plot for film bosses looking for the next big hit.

Most members of the gang have been involved in the criminal underworld for years.

Ringleader Brian Reader, 76, was previously jailed for his part in the £26million Brinks Mat gold bullion robbery.

He was also the righthand man of notorious crime bosses Kenneth Noye and John “Scarface” Goodwin.

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Easter weekend's Hatton Garden safety deposit box break in was one of the biggest in history! Take a look inside the raid.

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The six men involved in the Hatton Garden heist face their sentencing

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TARGET: Hatton Garden vault after gang struck

East End ladies’ man Danny Jones, 60, was said to be addicted to crime and women, while 67-year-old Terry Perkins spent 17 years on the run after breaking out of prison in 1995.

Getaway driver John Collins, 75, has a string of convictions for crimes including robbery dating back to 1961.

Film fans are clamouring for Cockney actor Sir Michael, 82, to lead the movie cast. Other names being put forward for starring roles include Scottish actor Brian Cox, 69, and football hardman-turned-actor Vinnie Jones, 51.

One movie fan said about the raid: “Someone, somewhere will be commissioning a film about it. Can I put forward Michael Caine as a leading actor?”

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SCREEN JEWELS: Winstone, Nighy and Gambon

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HEIST: Daniel Jones, John Collins, Terry Perkins and Brain Reader

“I can just picture it. Directed by Guy Richie, and staring Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, John Hurt and Del Boy and Rodney”

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Another added: “I can just picture it. Directed by Guy Richie, and staring Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, John Hurt and Del Boy and Rodney.”

Thomas Ryan tweeted: “Anyone else interested in a film about the Hatton Garden Heist? Starring Michael Caine and Ray Winstone?”

The defence solicitor of gang member Carl Wood even suggested in court that a film of the heist could be called “Bad Grandpas” or the “Enfield Expendables” because of the gang’s advancing years and where they lived.

Police are still hunting for some missing loot and a gang member known only as “Basil” who disappeared following the raid.